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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII: The Earth and Her Inhabitants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did medieval men think each planet had?
(a) Their own god.
(b) Their own personality.
(c) Their own populations.
(d) Their own form of time.

2. What does Lewis say the modern world imposes on objects?
(a) Restrictions.
(b) Desires.
(c) Properties.
(d) Obedience.

3. What did Scipio Minor say is insignificant while he is in the sky?
(a) World ambitions.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Change.
(d) Choice and accountability.

4. What did medieval scholars have a crude knowledge of?
(a) Geography.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Tidal pulls.
(d) Gravity.

5. Where did the prime mover live?
(a) The largest sphere.
(b) The equator.
(c) The moon.
(d) The ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did medieval man think the universe was a series of?

2. Why was it harder for pagans to write about nature?

3. What was a flawed art in the Middle Ages?

4. Which of the following was NOT a contributor to the model?

5. What is thought to be at fault for people thinking medieval scholars had the wrong idea about the shape of the earth?

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